Li Li · Healer
Li Li healer guide — healing without having to aim
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Overview
Li Li is a healer whose abilities choose their own targets. Healing Brew heals the ally with the lowest health nearby, Blinding Wind hits the closest enemies and makes their basic attacks miss, and Cloud Serpent attaches a serpent to an ally that attacks nearby enemies. Her trait, Fast Feet, gives her speed and faster cooldowns when enemy heroes damage her, which is how she survives being chased. At level 10, Jug of 1,000 Cups channels a stream of heals on the weakest allies, and Water Dragon slows a whole group. She is the easiest healer to learn: her challenge is positioning, not aiming.
Strengths
- Heals without aiming: Healing Brew always finds the weakest ally.
- Blinding Wind shuts down basic-attack heroes.
- Fast Feet makes her hard to catch.
- Great for learning the healer role.
Weaknesses
- Jug of 1,000 Cups is a channel: any stun interrupts it.
- No cleanse or invulnerability to save a target from burst.
- Fragile against burst mages and divers.
Build cheat sheet
Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.
- Steady healer — healing without having to aimBalancedRecommendedThe easiest healer build to play well: more mana, stronger heals over time and the heroic that wins long fights. Take it in most games, especially if your team fights around objectives for a long time.
- Anti-attack blinds — shut down the auto-attackersUtilitySituationalAgainst teams with two or more basic-attack damage dealers: Valla, Raynor, Tychus, Illidan, Greymane. Mass Vortex blinds three heroes at a time and Water Dragon slows the group they rely on. You heal a little less, but the enemy deals much less.
Builds
Steady healer — healing without having to aim
When to use it
The easiest healer build to play well: more mana, stronger heals over time and the heroic that wins long fights. Take it in most games, especially if your team fights around objectives for a long time.
Map job
Battlegrounds change every match, so this is its job on any of them.
- Solo laneHolds a lane alone and wins it.
- Double soakSoaks experience in two lanes at once.
- RotateMoves between lanes to gank and help.
- Mercenary campsTakes mercenary camps when it is safe.
With the teamMainStays with the team for fights and objectives.
Best battlegrounds
Talents by level
Free DrinksWhen Healing Brew heals a Hero under 50% Health, its cooldown is reduced by 1 second, and its Mana cost is refunded.Q
Serpent SidekickCloud Serpent no longer costs Mana and while Fast Feet is active its cooldown refreshes an additional 75% faster.W
Eager AdventurerIncrease Fast Feet's duration by 150% and increase Mana regeneration by 150% while Fast Feet is active.Trait
- 1More of what you are here for
- 4Your answer to basic attacks, more often
- 7The healing keeps working after you move
- 10For the long fights around an objective
- 13Longer blinds, and your attacks punish blinded heroes
- 16Against damage that never stops
- 20The upgrade to the heroic above
Anti-attack blinds — shut down the auto-attackers
When to use it
Against teams with two or more basic-attack damage dealers: Valla, Raynor, Tychus, Illidan, Greymane. Mass Vortex blinds three heroes at a time and Water Dragon slows the group they rely on. You heal a little less, but the enemy deals much less.
Map job
Battlegrounds change every match, so this is its job on any of them.
- Solo laneHolds a lane alone and wins it.
- Double soakSoaks experience in two lanes at once.
- RotateMoves between lanes to gank and help.
- Mercenary campsTakes mercenary camps when it is safe.
- With the teamMainStays with the team for fights and objectives.
Best battlegrounds
Talents by level
- Free DrinksWhen Healing Brew heals a Hero under 50% Health, its cooldown is reduced by 1 second, and its Mana cost is refunded.Q
- Serpent SidekickCloud Serpent no longer costs Mana and while Fast Feet is active its cooldown refreshes an additional 75% faster.W
- Eager AdventurerIncrease Fast Feet's duration by 150% and increase Mana regeneration by 150% while Fast Feet is active.Trait
- 1Cheaper heals on wounded allies
- 4Blinding Wind back sooner
- 7Blind three heroes, not two
- 10A big slow on the group
- 13Blinded heroes are also slowed
- 16More healing on the ally who is about to die
- 20A second dragon from the first impact
Abilities
- QHealing Brew4s25 mpHeal the lowest Health allied Hero within 6 range for 175 (+4% per level) Health.Heals the nearby ally with the lowest health. Short cooldown, so it is your main heal, but watch the mana.
- WCloud Serpent11s35 mpSummon a Cloud Serpent on an allied Hero that attacks nearby enemies every second. Each attack deals 26 (+4% per level) damage and heals the ally for 20 (+4% per level). Lasts for 8 seconds.A serpent that attacks enemies near the ally you put it on. Best on melee heroes.
EBlinding Wind12s30 mpThrow a cloud of wind at the 2 nearest enemies (prioritizing Heroes), dealing 133 (+4% per level) damage. Heroes hit are Blinded and Slowed by 15% for 1.5 seconds.Hits the closest enemies and blinds them. Your answer to basic-attack heroes.
RJug of 1,000 CupsHeroic20s80 mpChannel for up to 6 seconds. Every 0.25 seconds, increase the cooldown of Jug of 1,000 Cups by 2 seconds, up to 50 additional seconds, and heal the lowest Health nearby allied Hero for 66 (+4% per level) Health.A channelled stream of heals on the weakest allies. Cast it after the enemy's stuns.
RWater DragonHeroic50s60 mpLi Li channels for 2 seconds, summoning a Water Dragon that hits the nearest enemy Hero within 12 range and all enemies near them, dealing 300 (+4% per level) damage and slowing their Movement Speed by 70% for 4 seconds.- Fast FeetTraitUpon taking damage, your Basic Ability cooldowns refresh 50% faster and you gain 10% Movement Speed for 1 second.
Strategy
1Early game: levels 1–9
Stay with the teammate who is most likely to fight, usually in the lane next to the first objective. Heal only when it matters: Healing Brew has a short cooldown but a real mana cost. Blind the enemy's auto-attackers in trades and throw Cloud Serpent on your laner when they fight minions or heroes. At the first objective, stay behind your team.
- Heal when it matters, not whenever it is up.
- Blind the auto-attackers in every trade.
2Mid game: levels 10–16
Jug of 1,000 Cups wins long fights around objectives, but only if you finish the channel. Wait until the enemy has used their stuns and silences, then channel from behind your frontline. Keep Blinding Wind for the auto-attackers diving your backline.
3Late game: levels 16–20
Late fights last longer and hit harder. Blessings Of Yu'lon makes Cloud Serpent a real source of sustain on your frontline, and Jug of 1,000,000 Cups heals two allies at a time. Your biggest contribution is staying alive to the end of the fight.
4Teamfights
Stand behind your frontline and let your abilities pick their targets. When a diver reaches your carry, walk toward them so Blinding Wind hits the diver. Channel Jug after the enemy's crowd control is gone.
Tips
- Stand at the edge of Healing Brew's range, not in the middle of the fight.
- Put Cloud Serpent on the ally who is fighting in melee range.
- Blinding Wind hits the nearest enemies: move so the right ones are closest.
- Channel Jug of 1,000 Cups only when the enemy's stuns are on cooldown.
- Use your speed to leave early; a dead healer heals no one.
Matchups
Strong against
Blinding Wind cancels her basic attacks, which are most of her damage.
Same story: a blinded Raynor deals almost nothing.
Blinds turn Minigun into wasted seconds.
Weak against
Biotic Grenade stops your healing at the worst moment.
Bursts her from stealth before Fast Feet can save her.
Reaches her through the frontline and interrupts Jug.
Battlegrounds
Strong maps
- Dragon ShireLong fights around the shrines reward steady healing.
- Sky TempleFights on the temples drag on, and Jug wins them.
Average maps
- Towers of Doom
- Cursed Hollow
- Infernal Shrines
- Braxis Holdout
- Battlefield of Eternity
Weak maps
- Hanamura TempleShort, bursty fights leave little time to channel Jug.
Changelog
- Guide written for the current patch, with a healing and an anti-attack build.
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